Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Border Security heard testimony while House Speaker Dade Phelan laid out two general priorities for would-be laws
Four of his six items deal with border security or immigration issues. He wants the Texas legislature to pass laws creating a state criminal offense for coming into Texas illegally, allowing Texas law enforcement officers to arrest and remove them, increasing penalties for smuggling or running a stash house, and expanding the state's controversial border buoy program currently tied up in the courts.
For around forty minutes, the Director of the Department of Public Safety, Steve McCraw, updated the committee Tuesday. McCraw told the group of lawmakers years ago they'd make contact with 2,000 people a month crossing illegally.Recently, that number has been closer to 38,000 a month as DPS troopers do what they can to move the flow of people toward points of entry to begin the Federal immigration process.
"There's not a single issue that's going to solve this. It is so complex and so expensive," said Phelan, R - Beaumont.
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